Showing posts with label 1990. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1990. Show all posts

Monday, August 4, 2025

ITEM # Inhumans Special

A summery of what happend that led Medusa to leave the Great Refuge and end up with the Frightfull Four. Other important events are when Maximus created a negative barrier to trap the Inhumans in Attilan and when the Human Torch first met Crystal.

ITEM # Cormac Mac Art # 1 - 4

Their longship wrecked on an uncharted coastline, Cormac and his band of Viking pirates discover a mysterious temple inhabited by a horde of monsters, and ruled by a Dark Druid the last of the Serpent Men! Exciting, high adventure from the stories of Robert E. Howard!

 

Sunday, August 3, 2025

ITEM # Game Boy # 1 - 4

 

The Game Boy #1–4 (1990) comic series was published by Valiant Comics as part of the Nintendo Comics System brand, serving as a spin-off from the main Super Mario Bros. title. The series consists of four issues and is based on the Super Mario Land video game for the Game Boy console.

The main story revolves around Herman Smirch, a bitter employee at an electronics store, who accidentally brings characters and enemies from Super Mario Land (such as Tatanga, Princess Daisy, and their henchmen) into the real world through the power of the Game Boy. Tatanga's attempts to conquer the "world of the giants" (the real world) are met with resistance from Mario, who is summoned from the video game by kids who know how to use the console. Each issue follows a similar formula: Herman, despite trying to stay out of trouble, gets hypnotized to release Tatanga and his troops again, who then try to dominate or fortify a location or vehicle, while Mario and his human allies try to stop their plans.

The comic is notable for its visual contrast between the human characters, drawn in a realistic style, and the video game characters, who are more cartoonish and faithful to the original game art. Tatanga is portrayed as a larger, more muscular villain, and Mario has a more sarcastic and combative personality compared to other Super Mario comics.

There are also more serious and mature elements, such as Herman fleeing authorities for hijacking a plane and Mario dealing with a radioactive leak in a nuclear reactor. The comic includes joke pages styled as headlines from a fictional tabloid called the International Enquisitor.

The four issues are titled:

"In the Palm of Your Hand..." (likely February 1990), where Herman steals a Game Boy and accidentally releases Super Mario Land characters into New York.

"It's a Small World After All" (July 1990), where Tatanga and his henchmen hijack a 747 plane and dream up bigger plans.

"Team Play", showing Herman helping establish a fortress on a Pacific island and involving the USS Nimitz to defeat the villains.

"Pipes is Pipes" (September or October 1990), where Tatanga tries to cause a nuclear accident and Mario must intervene.

The main writers were George Caragonne and Mark McClellan. The artists changed over the issues, with Art Nichols in charge of the first three.


Friday, March 28, 2025

ITEM # OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE VOL. 5 # 1 - 2


 

ITEM # RICHIE RICH # 1 - 254 (1960 - 1990)


 

ITEM # Green Lantern Vol. 3 #0 – 181 + Extras (1990-2004)



 Green Lantern Volume 3 saw the rise and fall of Hal Jordan, the Return of John Stewart, the destruction of the Green Lantern Corps, the death and rebirth of Kilowog, and the Introduction of Kyle Rayner one of the greatest Green Lanterns. It also encompasses the vast majority of the 90’s. Green Lantern Volume 3 ended in issue #181 and was continued in Green Lantern Rebirth with the return of Hal Jordan as a Green Lantern.

Saturday, March 22, 2025

ITEM # Infinity Gauntlet (Story Arc) (1990-1991)

 Death resurrects Thanos who acquires the six infinity gems and kills half the life in the universe in her honor with the Infinity Gauntlet. Adam Warlock leads Earth’s Mightiest Heroes against the Mad Titan.

ITEM # Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 #1 – 62 + Annuals (1990-1995)

Taking place in the 31st century in the alternate reality of Earth-691, the Guardians of the Galaxy are the primary superhero team of the future. After their adventures in Marvel Presents, the team stayed together after the defeat of the Badoon to help protect the galaxy from injustice!

Friday, March 21, 2025

ITEM # Spider-Man #0.5 – 98 + Annuals (1990-1998)

Todd McFarlane started his own Spider-Man series in the early 1990’s and became the newest hit-Spider-man series! Starting with issue 75, the cover becomes “Peter Parker: Spider-Man”. Despite the change to the cover, the interior copyright page still shows this volume as being named “Spider-Man”, as do succeeding issues in this volume. After the “Final Chapter” crossover, the series ended with issue 98 and restarted after a short hiatus as Peter Parker: Spider-Man with a new number one.

ITEM # 2569 Planet of the Apes #1 – 24 (1990-1992)


 

ITEM # Lobo (Collection)

Lobo is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The Lobo character was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, and first appeared in Omega Men #3 (June 1983). Lobo is an alien, and works as an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter. Lobo was introduced – although initially rarely used – as a hardboiled villain in the 1980s, and remained in limbo until his revival as an anti-hero biker with his own comic in the early 1990s.

 

ITEM # SUPERBOY VOL. 2 # 1 - 22